OT'S 47-51 ??? Rebuild ??

[grfishmaker]

Looking good there OT! If I didn't know any better I would swear that you must have a couple of Manitobans putting that together. Any chance of seeing some type of identification? (not that I don't trust you)

[the old trucker]

   Thanks Grfishmaker.

[the old trucker]

   Gror we took the old alternator bracket & started cutting & shaping. This is what we came up with. It gave us a bit more swing room on the inside. Looks & works great..

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[kpm]

that looks about right OT
                                        kpm

[gror]

Looks good OT and the exaust looks like something I am going to steal from you, Design thay is,Lookin good.

[the old trucker]

   Better not let my fabricator know what your doing. He might have a patten taken out on it !!! ha ha. Glad to be of help you my friend...   
                                                                          OT.

[lakerguy]

OT - I have been checking in on your thread regularly to see the progress right from the beginning.   Looking good!  Cheers to the  commitment and effort in building your machine from scratch.  Not many would have taken on a project as big and as complicated as that. I bet there are many of us out here in cyberspace who are quietly following your journey. Thanks for all the pics.
               All the best,
            Dave, wannabee lurking in Saskatoon
 

[the old trucker]

  Thanks lakerguy. I don't think I would have started this if I didn't have the frame to start with. My neighbour has helped me tremendously the last few weeks with measuring, cutting & fitting things together. We argue back & forth till we come up with a solution to the problem.
   Today I bought a 4 bolt rotor & what they call a semi loaded caliper for a 1998 Toyota tersel to make the brake setup. I will get a couple of pics of it tonight. We are fabricating a bracket now to mount it.

   I may post a pic of a woody frame soon & I will be asking for the members help in getting measurements.

                                                                          Puttin the brakes to OT. !!

[the old trucker]

   Swamp Dawg I need your help.... Can you tell me how I can copy a few pics of the framing so I can bring them out to the shed, making it alot easier on the ol' brain....
                                                                               OT.

[the old trucker]

  Hope you don't mind me using your pic Orin.

http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m366/theoldtrucker/Camspic.jpg

 I would like to get the demisions of the pieces of wood with a letter on them. For example; A is 7/8" thick by 4" wide by 47" long. I want these so I can be ready to start the frame work soon. Any & all help is appreciated.
  One thing I've been sizing is Mike's 57 bomber. Would most of the body be the same as a woody. I know the front is different.
                
PS. It starts with A & ends with H.      
                                      Thanks from The Old Trucker

[kpm]

OT
     what about grfishmaker,did he not have templates??
                                                                                 kpm

[kpm]

OT
      maybe he juz had the old peices he had removed,i'm thinking that's what he told me..
                                                                          kpm

[the old trucker]

  Thought you folks might like to see the new cables that will control my fuel & transmission linkage. I have to wait for my neighbour/ welder to weld together a bracket I made to hold them in place. I think the trans is going to work really good. The cables are for a PTO setup. There's a 1/4" stainless shaft on each end with 4" travel. The transmission one is 10' long & the gas one is 14' long.

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[the old trucker]

    Here are a couple of pics of how I have the shifter linkage hooked up. In the first pic I will flip the ear to the other side & hookup the cable. Everything works fine & shifts the right way. I had to make a larger bell crank than what was originally used so the kick down rod would work OK. The cable I used on this is 11 ft. (132")& not 10 ft. as I said earlier. Most bombers should be able to use the original brackets with the trans. 
    I have it all taken apart again to paint. 

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[grfishmaker]

Looks like a PRO there OT. How does it feel as far as the movement on the shift lever? Is there too short a travel or not too bad? On mine, it is still reversed (no bell crank yet) and there is too short a throw on the shifter lever. I'm going to let you experiment on yours, screw up a bit, fix it right, and then I will copy yours (cause that's what friends are for). Right?